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MANUAL OF DEVOTION FOR 
SISTERS OF MERCY. Eight Parts in 
two vols. 16mo. 10s. Or separately, 
as follows :—Part I. Prayers for Daily 
Use, 1s. 6d. Part Il. For Different 
Necessities, 1s. Part III. For Forgive- 
ness of Sins, ls. Part 1V. On the Holy 
Communion, 2s. Part V. Acts of 
Adoration, etc., 1s. Part VI. Prayers 
to our Lord Jesus Christ, 1s. Part VII. 
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HOLY GHOST 


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REY. T. T. CARTER, M.A. 


LATE WARDEN OF THE HOUSE OF MERCY, CLEWER 


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Reprinted 1898; July, 1906; May, 1908. 


PREFACE. 


SPECIAL devotions, limiting the view of 
the soul to particular objects, have a two- 
fold effect. They tend to quicken the ap- 
prehension of the object contemplated, and 
through this deepened perception of .one 
portion of the Faith, produce a clearer and 
more comprehensive consciousness of the 
whole. The effect resembies that which 
results from the study of single stars, 
which, while causing a more familiar ac- 
quaintance with the particular luminary, 
increases also the power of embracing the 
whole circle of the heavenly bodies. 

The effect of prayer addressed to One 
Person of the Blessed Trinity, is not to put 
aside from our view the other adorable 
Persons, but rather while giving greater 
prominence, and increased impressiveness, 
to the contemplation of the One, to enhance 


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the power of apprehending the mystery of 
the whole Godhead. It gives occasion, 
moreover, for the more vivid expression 
of special needs and aspirations, as a 
natural consequence of contracting, and so 
intensifying, the soul’s energies. 

A reason peculiar to our own times for 

more definite and intent devotion to Gop 
the Hoty Gupst,/is to be found in the 
lamentable defect of faith in Him as a 
Person, which prevails everywhere, and 
the consequent absence of personal feelings 
of devotion towards Him. 
_ The Office is not intended to supersede 
the ‘Day Hours,” nor for continual use, 
but for special seasons, as Whitsuntide, or 
the Ember Weeks, or for private exercise 
at any time. 

The plan of the Office is founded on an 
ancient form;“biit the composition of its 
details is new.—It will be seen that a spe- 
cial intention founded on some particular 
operation or gift of the Hoty Guosz, is 
embodied in the devotion for each hour; 
and that these intentions are so arranged, 
as to form a sequence exhibiting the 


on 


PREFACE. Vil 


progressive. work of the Sprrir in our 
sanctification. 

The undersigned desires to bear witness 
to the love which designed and executed 
this little work, as well as the benefit 
which he knows in numerous instances to 


have resulted from its use. 
era: 
Ciewer Rectory, 
1868. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAGE 
Martins. The Divinity of the Hoty Guost 1 
Laups. The Operation of the Hoty Guost 
in the Incarnation of the Son of Gop 7 
Primus. The Co-operation of the Hoty 
Guost in our Redemption o) baleen 2 
Trerce. The Descent of the Hoty Guost 
on the Day of Pentecost . . . 16 
Srext. The Operation of the Hoty Guosr 
in consecrating the Apostolic Ministry 23 
Nongs. The Influence of the Hoty Guost 
in individual souls. . . Pad 
Vesrers. The Operation of the Hony 
Guost in the Sacraments. . . . 32 
Compiine. The Preparation of souls for 
Eternal life through the grace of the’ 
Hoty Guost . Xlte <i) See 
Litany of the Hoty Guosr . OG egy RECO 
Litany of the Hoty Guost, (for the use of 
the Clergy) 5a eatin 4G 


SHORT OFFICE OF THE 
HOLY GHOST. 


Satins, 


i the Name of the Farner, and of the 
Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 


Our FATHER. 


¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 


¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
RZ. As zt was in tlie beginning, &ec. 


ALLELUIA. 
The Womn, 


Hoty Spirit, PaRACcLETE ! 
By this Name we know Thee, 
Love of Gop, and Gift of Gop, 
O what thanks we owe Thee! 
Tnward Unction, Holy Fire, 
All true hearts inflaming, 
May Thy sevenfold Gifts be ours, 
Thus Thy work proclaiming. Amen. 


bo 


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Antiphon. And he showed me a pure 
river of Water of Life. 


PSALM CIV. Benedic, anima mea. 


PRAISE the Lorp, O my soul : O Lorp 

my Gop, Thou art become exceeding 
glorious ; Thou art clothed with majesty 
and honour, 

Thou deckest Thyself with light as it 
were with a garment : and spreadest out 
the heavens like a curtain. 

Who layeth the beams of His chambers 
in the waters : and maketh the clouds His 
chariot, and walketh upon the wings of 
the wind. : 

He maketh His Angels Spirits : and His 
ministers a flaming fire. 

He laid the foundations of the earth : 
that it never should move at any time. 

Thou coveredst it with the deep like as 
eis a garment : the waters stand in the 
hills. 

At Thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of 
Thy thunder they are afraid. 

They go up as high as the hills, and 
down to the valleys beneath : even unto 
the place which Thou hast appointed for 
them. 

Thou hast set them their bounds which 
they shall not pass : neither turn again to 
cover the earth. 


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He sendeth the springs into the rivers : 
which run among the hills. 

All beasts of the field drink thereof : and 
the wild asses quench their thirst. 

Beside’ them shall the fowls of the air 
have their habitation : and sing among the 
branches. 

He watereth the hills from above : the 
earth is filled with the fruit of Thy works. 

He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : 
and green herb for the service of men. 

That He may bring food out of the earth, 
and wine that maketh glad the heart of 
man : and oil to make him a cheerful 
countenance, and bread to strengthen man’s 
heart. 

The trees of the Lorp also are full of 
sap : even the cedars of Libanus which He 
hath planted ; 

Wherein the birds make their nests : and 
the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork. 

The high hills are a refuge for the wild 
goats : and so are the stony rocks for the 
conies. 

He appointed the moon for certain sea- 
sons : and the sun knoweth his going down. 

Thou makest darkness that it may be 
night : wherein all the beasts of the forest 
do move. 

The lions roaring after their prey : do 
seek their meat from Gop. 

The sun ariseth, and they get them away 


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together : and lay them down in their 
dens. 

Man goeth forth to his work, and to his 
labour : until the evening. 

O Lorp, how manifold are Thy works : 
in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the 
earth is full of Thy riches, 

So is the great and wide sea also : where- 
in are things creeping innumerable, both 
small and great beasts. 

There go the ships, and there is that 
Leviathan : whom Thou hast made to take 
his pastime therein. 

These wait all upon Thee : that Thou 
mayest give them meat in due season. 

When Thou givest it them they gather 
it : and when Thou openest Thy hand they 
are filled with good. 

When Thou hidest Thy face they are 
troubled : when Thou takest away their 
breath they die, and are turned again to 
their dust. 

When Thou letiest Thy Breath go forth 
they shall be made : and ‘Thou shalt renew 
the face of the earth. 

The glorious Majesty of the Lorp shall 


endure for ever : the Lorp shall rejoice in 


His works. 

The earth shall tremble at the look of 
Him : if He do but touch the hills, they 
shall smoke. 

I will sing unto the Lorp as long as I 


— ey 


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live ; I will praise my Gop while I have 
my being. 

And so shall my words please Him: my 
joy shall be in the Lorp. 

As for sinners, they shall be consumed 
out of the earth, and the ungodly shall 
come to an end : praise thou the Lorp, O 
my soul, praise the Lorp. 

Glory be to the Farumr, &c. 


Antiphon. And he showed me a pure 
river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, 
proceeding out of the throne of Gop and ot 
the Lamb. 


¥. And the Srrrrr of Gop moved, 
Ry. Upon the face of the waters. 


The Chapter. 
1S. John v. 6, 7. 


It is the Spirit that beareth witness, be- 
cause the Sprrir is truth. For there 
are Three that bear record in heaven, the 
Farner, the Worn, and the Hoty Guost ; 
and these Three are One. 

Ry. Thanks be to Gop. 


The Collect. 


0 MOST Holy Trrvrry, in the everflow- 

ing abundance of Thy Love sending 
forth the Hoty Guost the PARACLETE, to 
create and form Thy Church, the mystical 


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Body of Curist; grant to us to be ever 
fervent in the Unity of the Spirit, that 
always abiding in Thy worship and service, 
we may grow more and more steadfast in 
Faith, Hope, and Charity, more and more 
patient and active in all good works, to the 
honour and glory of Thy Name, through 
Jxesus Curist our Lorp. Amen. 


Act of Adoration. 


WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guosr, Eternal 
Gop, Co-equal with the FarHer and 
the Son, ever proceeding, yet ever reposing 
in the Fulness of Thy Divine Beatitude. 
We adore Thee in Thy works of creative 
power and love, bidding the Angel hosts to 
arise into joyous life ; causing light and life 
to thrill through the dark void of chaos; 
breathing into man the Breath of Thy Di- 
vinity. Lorp and Giver of life, we adore 
Thee, we bless Thee, and hour by hour we 
will praise Thy most holy Name. Amen. 


For the Spirit of WHisvom. 
BLESSED Spirit, Almighty Gop, Thy- 
self the Gift and yet the Giver of all 


gifts, enrich us Thy servants with ever re- ~ 


newed inflowi ¢ %;pf the Spirit of Wisdom, 
that we may . the source and end of 
all creatures, an lie purpose of their crea- 
tion. Teach us che true value of all the 


OF THE HOLY GHOST * 7 


works of Gop, in nature, in grace, in glory, 
that we rising above what is seen and tem- 
poral, through the power of Thy grace, 
may attain to the full possession of what 
is Unseen and Eternal. 

Infuse into our hearts a pure love for 
all that is holy and heavenly, that by faith 
ever seeing the Invisible, we may live in 
its power, and be satisfied with the blessed 
hope of the Eternal Beatitude for which 
we look and long : through Jesus Curist 
our Lorp. Amen. 


MAY Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
with His grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervour of His love. Amen. 


Lands, 


[N the Name of the Farner, and of the 
Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 


Our Fatuer. 

¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
Ry. O Lory, make haste to help us. 
V. Glory be to the Farris, &e. 
RY. As zt was in the b (pling, &e. 


ALLELUIA. 
B 


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The Homn. 
May the Hoty Srrriv’s grace 
Aid us at this hour, 
Who o’ershadowed Mary blest 
With Almighty power, 
When the peerless Maiden heard 
Gabriel’s salutation, 
And within her Virgin Womb 
Bore the world’s Salvation. Amen. 


Antiphon. The Hoty Guost shall come 
upon thee, and the Power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee. 


PSALM XIX. Celi enarrant. 


HE heavens declare the glory of Gop : 
and the firmament showeth His 

handy-work. 

One day telleth another : and one night 
certifieth another. 

There is neither speech nor language : 
but their voices are heard among them. 

Their sound is gone out into all lands : 
and their words into the ends of the world. 

In them hath He set a tabernacle for the 
sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom 
out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant 
to run his course. 

It goeth forth from the uttermost part of 
the heaven, and runneth about unto the end 
of it again : and there is nothing hid from 
the heat thereof. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 9 


The law of the Lorp is an undefiled law, 
converting the soul ; the testimony of the 
Lorp is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the ~ 
simple. 

The statutes of the Lorp are right and 
rejoice the heart : the commandment of the 
Lorp is pure, and giveth light unto the 
eyes. 

The fear of the Lorp is clean, and en- 
dureth for ever ; the judgments of the Lorp 
are true, and righteous altogether. 

More to be desired are they than gold, 
yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also 
than honey, and the honeycomb. 

Moreover, by them is Thy servant 
taught : and in keeping of them there is 
great reward. 

Who can tell how oft he offendeth : O 
cleanse Thou me from my secret faults, 

Keep Thy servant also from presumptu- 
ous sins, lest they get the dominion over 
me : so shall I be undefiled, and innocent 
from the great offence. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the 
meditation of my heart : be alway accept- 
able in Thy sight, 

O Lorp : my strength, and my Re- 
deemer. 

Glory be to the Farumr, &c. 


Antiphon. The Hoty Guosr shall come 
upon thee, and the Power of the Highest 


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shall overshadow thee; therefore also that 
Holy Thing Which shall be born of thee 
shall be called the Son of Gop. 


¥. That which is conceived in her, 
Ry. Js of the Hoty Guost. 


The Chapter. 
Isaiah xi. 2, 3. 


HE Sririr of the Lorp shall rest upon 
Him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Under- 
standing, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, 
the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of 
the Lorp; and shall make Him of quick 
understanding in the Fear of the Lorp. 
Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 


The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trrrry, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avyoration. 


WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guosr, Eternal 
Gop, preparing and sanctifying Mary 
to correspond with Thy Divine purpose, 
and yield herself to Thy Will. We adore 
Thee, descending upon her in Thy Power, 
and enabling her to conceive the Eternal 
Word made flesh within her sacred Womb, 
yet preserving her Virginity. 
Come upon us, we pray Thee, O Blessed 
Spirit, overshadow us, sanctify *us, that 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 11 


Cuxist may be formed in us. Create Thy 
perfect work within us, that we may will- 
ingly correspond with Thy Callings, and 
use Thy Gifts according to Thy Will, ever 
following the Example of JESUS, nor fail 
to awake up after His Likeness, to see 
Him as He is in His Glory. Amen. 


For the Spirit of Anverstanving. 


LESSED Sprrrr, Lorp of Light, in- 
crease in our souls, we beseech Thee, 
the Spirit of Understanding; raise and 
illuminate our faculties to apprehend the 
Divine Nature and its operations, that our 
hearts being enlarged, as the Mystery of 
the Adorable Truytry unfolds to our view, 
we may love even as we have been loved. 
Reveal day by day to us, O Lorp, this 
knowledge, for which alone we thirst, 
teaching us all that Thy Love demands, and 
the ways in which Thou wilt be glorified, 
that casting away all that hinders us, we 
may be knit eternally to Thee, and finally 
be made partakers of Thy Beatitude. 
Amen. 


M4Y Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervour of His Love. Amen, 


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Prime. 


[N the Name of the Faruer, and of the 
Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 


Our FATHER. 


¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
Y. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 

Ry. As it was in the beginning, &c. 


ALLELUIA. 


The Bymn, 


On the Virgin Mother’s breast 
See the CurisT reposing ; 
On His Body, pierced to death, 
See the tomb is closing; 
Round Him, risen to glorious life, 
See His servants bending, 
See Him, far beyond their gaze, 
Through the heavens ascending. Amen. 


Antiphon. Curist also hath once suf- 
fered for sins, the Just for the unjust. 


PSALM XXXIII. LEeultate, justi. 


REJOICE in the Lorv, O ye righteous : 
for it becometh ‘well the just to be 
thankful. 


Praise the Lorp with harp : sing praises 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 13 


unto Him with the lute, and instrument of 
ten strings. 

Sing unto the Lorp a new song : sing 
praises lustily unto Him with a good 
courage. 

For the word of the Lorp is true : and 
all His works are faithful. 

He loveth righteousness and judgment : 
the earth is full of the goodness of the 
Lorp. 

By the word of the Lorp were the heavens 
made : and all the hosts of them by the 
Breath of His mouth. 

He gathereth the waters of the sea to- 
gether, as it were upon an heap : and layeth 
up the deep, as in a treasure-house. 

Let all the earth fear the Lorp : stand in 
awe of Him, all ye that dwell in the world. 

For He spake, and it was done : He com- 
manded, and it stood fast. 

The Lorp bringeth the counsel of the 
heathen to nought : and maketh the devices 
of the people to be of none effect, and casteth 
out the counsels of princes. 

The counsel of the Lorp shall endure for 
ever : and the thoughts of His heart from 
generation to generation. 

Blessed are the people whose Gop is the 
Lorp JEHOVAH : and blessed are the folk, 
that He hath chosen to Him to be His 
inheritance. 

The Lorp looked down from heaven, and 


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beheld all the children of men : from the 
habitation of His dwelling He considereth 
all them that dwell on the earth. 

He fashioneth all the hearts of them : 
and understandeth all their works. 

There is no king that can be saved by the 
multitude of an host : neither is any mighty 
man delivered by much strength. 

A horse is counted but a vain thing to 
save a man: neither shall he deliver any 
man by his great strength. 

Behold, the eye of the Lorp is upon them 
that fear Him : and upon them that put 
their trust in His mercy ; 

To deliver their soul from death : and to 
feed them in the time of dearth. 

Our soul hath patiently tarried for the 
Lorp : for He is our help, and our shield. 

For our heart shall rejoice in Him : be- 
cause we have hoped in His Holy Name. 

Let Thy merciful kindness, O Lorn, be 
upon us: like as we do put our trust in 
Thee. 

Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 


Antiphon. Curist also hath once suf- 
fered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that 
He might bring us to Gop, being put to © 
death in the flesh, but quickened by the — 
SPIRIT. 


¥. Who through the Eternal Spreit, 
ly. Offered Himself without spot to Gop. 
. 


a 
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OF THE HOLY GHOST. 15 


The Chapter. 
Rom. viii. 10, 11. 


F Curist be in you, the body is dead 
because of sin; but the spirit is life 
because of righteousness. But if the Sprrir 
of Him that raised up Jmsus from the dead, 
dwell in you, He that raised up Curis from 
the dead shall also quicken your mortal 
bodies by His Sprrir that dwelleth in you. 
RY. Thanks be to Gov. 


The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trowury, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avovration. 


WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guost, Eternal 

Gop, in Thy Love and Mercy towards 
us, co-operating in the work of our redemp- 
tion; anointing Jusus at His Baptism; 
enfolding Him in purest radiance in His 
Transfiguration; leading Him into the 
wilderness to overcome the tempter; in 
His Oblation of Himself on the Cross for 
our sins, in His Resurrection from the dead 
for our justification, and in His Glorious 
Ascension to prepare a place for us,— 
ministering to Him. 

Shine on us now, Most Hoty Sprrrr, we 
beseech Thee, and perfect in us the Life 
of Jesus, quickening our failing energies, 
reanimating our feebleness, that the same 


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mind that was in Him may be also in us, 
and all Thy holy Will be fulfilled in us, 
Amen. 


For the Spirit of Counsel, 


BLESSED Sririt, Almighty Gop, forgive, 

we beseech Thee, our waywardness, 
and blindness of heart, and bestow on us 
the Spirit of Counsel. In perplexities and 
difficulties, be Thou our Light, teaching us 
to discern the evil from the good, directing 
us that our footsteps slip not. Instruct us 
in all the ways of holiness, by mortification 
to overcome our sins, by obedience to subdue 
our selfishness, by spiritual discipline to 
sanctify our thoughts, words, and actions, 
that, ever going on to perfection, we may 
attain unto the fellowship of Thy Saints in 
bliss. Amen. 


MAY Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
" with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 


Terce. 


[N the Name of the Farner, and of the 
Son, and of the Hory Guost. Amen. 
Our Farner. 


¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
RY. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 17 


¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
Wy. As it was in the beginning, &c. 


ALLELUIA. 
Che Momn. 


See another PARACLETE, 
Curist’s true love bestowing, 
Pouring forth at Pentecost 
Comfort overflowing, 
He that told them, “ Orphaned ones, 
I will leave you never,” 
Made their souls, by tongues of flame, 
Glow, and burn for ever. Amen. 


Antiphon. I will pour out My Spirit 
upon all flesh. 


PSALM LXVIIl. Ewurgat Deus. 


Lt Gop arise, and let His enemies be 
scattered : let them also that hate 
Him flee before Him. 

Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt 
Thou drive them away : and like as wax 
melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly 
perish at the presence of Gop. 

But let the righteous be glad and 
rejoice before Gop : let them also be 
merry and joyful. 

O sing unto Gop, and sing praises unto 
His Name : magnify Him that rideth upon 
the heavens, as it were upon an_horse; 
praise Him in His Name JAH, and 
rejoice before Him. 


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He is a Faruerr of the fatherless, and 
defendeth the cause of the widows : even 
Gop in His holy habitation. 

He is the Gop that maketh men to be 
of one mind in an house, and bringeth the 
prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the 
Tunagates continue in scarceness. 

O Gop, when Thou wentest forth before 
the people : when Thou wentest through 
the wilderness, 

The earth shook, and the heavens 
dropped at the presence of Gop : even as 
Sinai also was moved at the presence of 
Gop, Who is the Gop of Israel. 

Thou, O Gop, sentest a gracious Rain 
upon Thine inheritance : and refreshedst 
it when it was weary. 

Thy congregation shall dwell therein : 
for Thou, O Gop, hast of Thy goodness 
prepared for the poor. 

The Lorp gave the word : great was 
the company of the preachers. 

Kings with their armies did flee, and 
were discomfited : and they of the house- 
hold divided the spoil. 

Though ye have lien among the pots, 
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : 
that is covered with silver wings, and her 
feathers like gold. ; 

When the Almighty scattered kings for 
their sake : then were they as white as 
snow in Salmon. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 19 


As the hill of Basan, so is Gon’s hill : 
even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 

Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is 
Gop’s hill, in the which it pleaseth Him 
to dwell : yea, the Lorp will abide in it 
for ever. 

The chariots of Gop are twenty thou- 
sand, even thousands of Angels : and the 
Loxp is among them, as in the holy place 
of Sinai. 

Thou art gone up, on high, Thou hast 
led captivity captive, and received Gifts 
for men : yea, even for Thine enemies, 
that the Lorp Gop might dwell among 
them. 

Praised be the Lorp daily : even the 
Gop Who helpeth us, and poureth His 
benefits upon us. 

He is our Gop, even the Gop of Whom 
cometh salvation : Gop is the Lorn, by 
Whom we escape death. 

Gop shall wound the head of His ene- 
mies : and the hairy scalp of such a one 
as goeth on still in his wickedness. 

The Lorp hath said, I will bring My 
people again, as I did from Basan : Mine 
own will I bring again, as I did sometime 
from the deep of the sea. 

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood 
of thine enemies : and that the tongue of 
thy dogs may be red through the same. 

It is well seen, O Gop, how Thou goest : 


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how Thou, my Gop and King, goest in the 
sanctuary. 

The singers go before, the minstrels fol- 
low after : in the midst are the damsels 
playing with the timbrels. 

Give thanks, O Israel, unto Gop the 
Lorp in the congregations : from the 
ground of the heart. 

There is little Benjamin their ruler, and 
the princes of Judah their counsel : the 
princes of Zabulon, and the princes of 
Nephthali. 

Thy Gop hath sent forth strength for 
thee : stablish the thing, O Gop, that Thou 
hast wrought in us, 

For Thy temple’s sake at Jerusalem : 
so shall kings bring presents unto Thee. 

When the company of the spear-men, 
and multitude of the mighty are scattered 
abroad among the beasts of the people, so 
that they humbly bring pieces of silver : 
and when He hath scattered the people 
that delight in war ; 

Then shall the princes come out of 
Egypt : the Morians’ land shall soon stretch 
out her hands unto Gop. 

Sing unto Gop, O ye kingdoms of the 
earth : O sing praises unto the Lorp ; 


Who sitteth in the heavens over all from 


the beginning : lo, He doth send out His 
Voice, yea, and that a mighty Voice. 
Ascribe ye the power to Gop over 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 21 


Israel : His worship and strength is in 
the clouds. 

O Gop, wonderful art Thou in Thy holy 
places : even the Gop of Israel; He will 
give strength and power unto His people; 
blessed be Gop. 

Glory be to the Faturr, &c. 


Antiphon. I will pour out My Sprarr 
upon all flesh, and your sons and your 
daughters shall prophesy; your old men 
shall dream dreams, and your young men 
shall see visions. 

¥. When the enemy shall come in like 
a flood, 

Ry. The Spirit of the Lorn shall lift up 
a standard against him. 


The Chapter. 
Acts ii. 1—5. 


AND when the Day of Pentecost was 
fully come, they were all with one 
accord in one place. And suddenly there 
came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing 
mighty Wind, and it filled all the house 
where they were sitting. And there ap- 
peared unto them cloven Tongues like as of 
Fire, and it sat upon each of them. And 
they were all filled with the Hoty Guosz, 
and began to speak with other tongues, as 
the Spirit gave them utterance. 
RZ Thanks be to Gop. 


22 SHORT OFFICE 


The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trinity, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avoration. 


Most Hoty Sprrit, Almighty Gop, in 
Whom the Personalities of the Di- 
vine Nature close, in Whom the Love of 
the Fatuer and the Son meet, and unite ; 
the completeness, the Repose, the Ful- 
ness, the Joy of the Eternal Godhead : 
we adore, we bless, we glorify Thee ! 

Love of Gop, we worship Thee, descend- 
ing on the orphaned Church in the pleni- 
tude of Thy Pentecostal Gifts, to abide in 
her, to be her Ruler, her Teacher, her 
Comforter, her Life, her Joy; and we 
pray Thee that these our ceaseless acts of 
praise and thanksgiving may be acceptable 
unto Thee. Amen. 


Act of Commemoration. 


BLESSED Spreit, Gop of Love, Most 
Holy ParacneTe, we most thankfully 
commemorate the hour of Thy coming in 
tremendous energy, as a rushing mighty 
Wind, scattering Thyself in showers of 
Flame, like cloven tongues, on all around. 
Prostrate before Thee, we wait for Thy 
lovingkindness, to renew our gifts, to. 
strengthen us against sin, against the love 
of self, and the pride of the world. Pour 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. ae 


forth on us fresh streams of grace, and of 
love both towards Gop and towards each 
other. Reveal to our souls the love of 
Jesus, and inflame us with quenchless 
desires after Him, that we, remembering 
all His lovingkindness, and the sweet 
attractions of His grace, may be found 
faithful to our Vocation, and true to Thy 
Holy Inspirations. Amen. 


M4Y Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His Love. Amen, 


Sext. 


[N the Name of the Faruer, and of the 
Son, and of the Hory Gost. Amen. 


Oor Fatuer. 

¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
Ry. OLorp, make haste to help us. 
¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
RY. As tt was in the beginning, ke. 
ALLELUIA. 


The Bomn. 
Then endowed with Sevenfold Grace 
Of Pentecostal blessing, 
All the forms of human speech 
Tn their minds possessing, 
Cc 


24 SHORT OFFICE 


See the Apostles o’er the earth 
Bear the Spirit’s teaching, 
One true Catholic Belief 
Through the wide world preaching, 


Antiphon. Ye shall receive Power after 
that the Hoty Guost is come upon you. 


PSALM XLVI. Deus noster refugium. 


GOP is our hope and strength : a very 
present help in trouble. 

Therefore will we not fear, though the 
earth be moved : and though the hills be 
carried into the midst of the sea ; 

Though the waters thereof rage and 
swell : and though the mountains shake at 
the tempest of the same. 

The rivers of the flood thereof shall make 
glad the city of Gop : the holy place of the 
tabernacle of the most Highest. 

Gop is in the midst of her, therefore shall 
she not be removed : Gop shall help her, 
and that right early. 

The heathen make much ado, and the 
kingdoms are moved : but Gop hath 
showed His Voice, and the earth shall 
melt away. 

The Lorp of hosts is with us : the Gop 
of Jacob is our Refuge. 

O come hither, and behold the works 
of the Lorp : what destruction He hath - 
brought upon the earth. 

He maketh wars to cease in all the world: 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 25 


He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the 
spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots 
in the fire. 

Be still then, and know that I am Gop : 
I will be exalted among the heathen, and 
I will be exalted in the earth. 

The Lorp of hosts is with us : the Gop 
of Jacob is our Refuge. 

Glory be to the Farner, &e. 

Antiphon. Ye shall receive Power after 
that the Hoty Guosr is come upon you : 
and ye shall be witnesses unto Me, both 
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 
Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of 
the earth. 

¥. The Hoy Guost said, Separate Me 
Barnabas and Saul, for the work where- 
unto I have called them. 

RY. So they, being sent forth by the 
Hoty Guost, departed unto Seleucia. 

Che Chapter. 
S. John xx. 21—23. 
THEN said Jesus unto them again, Peace 
be unto you : as My Faruer hath 
sent Me, even so send I you. And when 
He had said this, He breathed on them, 
and saith unto them, Receive ye the Hoty 


_ Guost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they 


are remitted unto them; and whosesoever 
sins ye retain, they are retained. 
Ry. Thanks be to Gop. 


26 SHORT OFFICE 


The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trixtry, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avoration. 


O HOLY Guost, Eternal Gop. Life of 

the Saiats, we adore Thee in Thy work 
of power within the Church of the Elect, 
forming the Ecclesiastical Orders, infusing 
into them, even as Thou willest, the word 
of Wisdom, the word of Knowledge, gifts 
of healing, of discerning of spirits, powers 
of government, and holy discipline, endu- 
ing them with grace to save and bless all 
whom Thou callest out of the world unto 
salvation ; we adore Thee, we bless Thee. 

Forgive, we beseech Thee, our negli- 
gence, our abuses, of Thy manifold Gifts, 
our wasted talents, and endue us henceforth 
with lowly and obedient hearts, and with 
generous devotion, that, watching for Thy 
faintest inspirations, we may be always 
ready to do or to suffer what Thou appointest 
for us. Amen. 


For the Spirit of Ghostly Strength. 
BLESSED Sprrit, have pity, we beseech 
Thee, on our infirmities and daily 
failings, and fortify us with the Spirit of - 
Ghostly Strength. Make us courageous 
and strong to overcome our temptations, 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 27 


to extirpate at any cost the evil tendencies 
of our nature, that increasing in Faith, in 
Hope, in Charity, we may persevere in the 
straight path of a perfect life. Mortify 
in us all softness, and remove far from us 
all allurements to ease, or self-indulgence, 
that, unshaken in the hour of trial, we may 
have our place in Thy Sanctuary with Thy 
holy ones. 

In sickness or suffering be Thou, O 
Hoty Spirrr, our support ; when the 
powers of darkness assail us, shield us 
with Thy mighty protection, and keep us 
faithful in our last hour, that we fall not 
from Thee. Amen. 


M4* Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 


Hones, 
JX the Name of the Farner, and of the 
~ Son, and of the Hoty Guosr, Amen. 
Our FATHER. 
-¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
RZ. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 


Y. Glory be to the FaTuer, &c. 
Ry. As wt was in the beginning, &c. 


ALLELUIA. 


28 SHORT OFFICE 


The Homn. 
Now from sacred hour to hour, 
Ho.y Guost, we praise Thee, 
Hymns devout with worship due 
Ceaselessly we raise Thee. 
O that Thou wouldst o’er our souls 
Shed Thine inspiration, 
Fill them with the strength of love, 
Crown them with Salyation. Amen. 


Antiphon. The Comforter, Which is the 
Hoty Guost, Whom the FatHeEr will send 
in My Name. 


PSALM XLVIII. Magnus Dominus. 


GREAT is the Lorp, and highly to be 
praised : in the city of our Gop, even 
upon His holy hill. 

The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the 
joy of the whole earth : upon the north- 
side lieth the city of the great King; Gop 
is well known in her palaces as a sure 
refuge. 

For lo, the kings of the earth : are ga- 
thered, and gone by together. 

They marvelled to see such things : they 
were astonished, and suddenly cast down. 

Fear came there upon them, and sorrow : 
as upon a woman in her trayail. 

Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: 
through the east-wind. 

Like as we have heard, so have we seen 
in the city of the Lorp of Hosts, in the 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 29 


city of our Gop : Gop upholdeth the same 
for ever. 

We wait for Thy lovingkindness, O 
Gop : in the midst of Thy temple. 

O Gop, according to Thy Name, so is 
Thy praise unto the world’s end : Thy 
right hand is full of righteousness. 

Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the 
daughter of Judah be glad : because of 
Thy judgments. 

Walk about Sion, and go round about 
her : and tell the towers thereof. 

Mark well her bulwarks, set up her 
houses : that ye may tell them that come 
after. 

For this Gop is our Gop for ever and 
ever : He shall be our guide unto death. 

Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 

Antiphon. The Comforter, Which is the 
Hoty Guost, Whom the Faruer will 
send in My Name, He shall teach you all 
things, and bring all things to your remem- 
brance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 

¥. Which things also we speak, 

RZ. Not in the words which man’s wis- 
dom teacheth, but which the Hoty Guosr 
teacheth, 


The Chapter. 
1 Cor. xii. 4—11. 


NOW there are diversities of Gifts, but 
the same Spirit, And there are 


30 SHORT OFFICE 


differences of administrations, but the same 
Lorp. And there are diversities of ope- 
rations, but it is the same Gop which 
worketh all in all. But the manifestation 
of the Sprrir is given to every man to 
profit withal. For to one is given by the 
Sprrit the word of Wisdom; to another 
the word of Knowledge by the same 
Sprrir; to another faith by the same 
Sprait; to another the gifts of healing by 
the same Spreir; to another the working 
of miracles; to another prophecy; to 
another discerning of spirits; to another 
divers kinds of tongues; to another the 
interpretation of tongues: but all these 
worketh that one and the selfsame Sprarr, 
dividing to every man severally as He will. 
Ry. Thanks be to Gon. 
The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trryrry, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avoration. 

O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 

adore Thee in the manifold manifes- 
tations of Thy grace, diffusing Thyself in 
richest profusion everywhere, teaching, 
illuminating, attracting, sanctifying souls 
sinful and miserable as ours. We adore 
Thee perfecting the design of Thy predes- 
tination, choosing each according to his 
Vocation, directing Thy several Gifts and 
works, sweetly disposing our lives for these 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 31 


ends, enabling Thy Elect to advance in‘ 
their fulfilment. 

We beseech Thee, O Gop, grant us 
grace to receive profitably all Thy Inspi- 
rations, readily to respond to Thy Will; 
in gentleness, docility, and generosity to 
follow as Thou leadest, through trial or 
difficulty, through humiliation or tempta- 
tion, that we may never lose Thy favour, 
nor fall short of the sanctity to which Thou 
hast called us. Amen. 


For the Spirit of Knowledge. 

BLESSED Sprrarr, stir within our souls, 

we beseech Thee, and enlarge our 
straitened hearts, enduing us with the in- 
crease of the Spirit of Knowledge. Teach 
us truly to know ourselves, our sins, and 
our defects, that we may amend them,— 
the meaning of Thy Voice and Thy Call- 
ings, that we may obey them. Show us 
the nothingness of the creatures, the vanity 
of earthly things, that we may use all 
only for Thy Glory, and never be brought 
under the power of any. Hory Spirir, 
we beseech Thee reveal to us Thy mind, 
that growing continually in Thy Divine 
illuminations, we may finally know even as 
we are known. Amen. 


M4Y Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
with His grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His love. Amen. 


32 SHORT OFFICE 


Despers. 


JN the Name of the Farner, and of the 
Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 


Our FATHER. 


¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
Rz. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
¥. Glory be to the Faruur, &e. 

Ry. As it was in the beginning, ce. 


ALLELUIA. 


The Womn. 
With the might of Gop’s Right Hand 
Balms benign Thou pourest, 
As a healing Finger laid 
Where the pain is sorest. 
From the poison breath of hell 
Shield us, lest we perish; 
Warm and safe heneath Thy Wing 
Still Thy weak ones cherish. Amen. 


Antiphon. By one Spreir we are all 
baptized into one Body. 


PSALM CXLVII. Laudate Dominum. 


O PRAISE the Lorp, for it is a good 
thing to sing praises unto our Gop : 
yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be 
thankful. 
The Lorp doth build up Jerusalem : and 
gather together the outcasts of Israel. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 33 


He healeth those that are broken in 
heart : and giveth medicine to heal their 
sickness. 

He telleth the number of the stars : and 
calleth them all by their names. 

Great is our Lorp, and great is His 
power : yea, and His wisdom is infinite. 

The Lorp setteth up the meek : and 
bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 

O sing unto the Lorp with thanks- 
giving : sing praises upon the harp unto 
our GoD; 

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 
and prepareth rain for the earth : and 
maketh the grass to grow upon the moun- 
tains, and herb for the use of men; 

Who giveth fodder unio the cattle : and 
feedeth the young ravens that call upon 
Him. 

He hath no pleasure in the strength of 
an horse : neither delighteth He in any 
man’s legs. 

But the Lorn’s delight is in them that 
fear Him : and put their trust in His mercy. 

Praise the Lorp, O Jerusalem : praise 
thy Gop, O Sion. 

For He hath made fast the bars of thy 
gates : and hath blessed thy children within 


ee. 

He maketh peace in thy borders : and 
filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 

He sendeth forth His commandment 


34 SHORT OFFICE 


upon earth : and His word runneth very 
swiftly. 

He giveth snow like wool : and scattereth 
the hoar-frost like ashes. 

He casteth forth His ice like morsels : 
who is able to abide His frost ? 

He sendeth out His Word, and melteth 
them : He bloweth with His Wind, and the 
waters flow. 

He showeth His word unto Jacob : His 
statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 

He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
neither have the heathen knowledge of His 
laws. 

Glory be to the Farner, &c. 


Antiphon. By one Sprrir we are all 
baptized into one Body, whether we be 
Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or 
free; and have been all made to drink into 
one SPIRIT. 

¥. It is the Sprrrr that quickeneth, 

Ry. The flesh profiteth nothing. 


The Chapter. 
Ezekiel xxxyii. 5—10. 


aus saith the Lorp Gop unto these 

bones; Behold, I will cause Breath to 
enter into you, and ye shall live: and I will 
lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh 
upon you, and cover you with skin, and put 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 35 


Breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye 
shall know that Iam the Lorp. So I pro- 
phesied as I was commanded: and as I 
prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a 
shaking, and the bones came together, bone 
to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the 
sinews and the flesh came up upon them, 
and the skin covered them above : but there 
was no breath in them. Then said He unto 
me, Prophesy unto the Wind, prophesy, 
son of man, and say to the Wind, Thus saith 
the Lorp Gop ; Come from the four winds, 
O Breath, and breathe upon these slain, 
that they may live. So I prophesied as 
He commanded me, and the Breath came 
into them, and they lived, and stood up upon 
their feet, an exceeding great army. 
Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 


The Collect. 
O MOST Holy Trrsiry, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avovation. 


O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 
adore Thee secretly, lovingly uniting 
us with our Incarnate Lorp through Sacra- 
ments, and many secret workings of Thy 
erace; moving on the waters of Baptism, 
descending in the sevenfold Gifts of Con- 
firmation, cleansing our guilt away in 


36 SHORT OFFICE 


Absolution, making the consecrated Ele- 
ments the very Body and Blood of Curisr. 

Quicken our souls, Blessed Sprrtr, we 
beseech Thee, that with fervent love and 
joy we may meet Jesus as He comes to us. 
Purify, sanctify, perfect us, enabling us to 
receive Him to our endless comfort. Thou 
didst fill His Sacred Humanity with all 
the Fulness of the Godhead; so prevent, 
strengthen, and establish us, that we may 
be able to partake of that same Fulness, 
ever dying to ourselves, ever rising unto 
Gop. Amen. 


For the Spirit of Crodliness. 


BLESSED Spirit, kindle in us, we be- 

seech Thee, fresh fervour, and increase 
in us the Spirit of Godliness. Fill us with 
yearnings for all that is holy and Divine, 
removing all self-love and self-compla- 
cency, preserving us from carelessness 
and distractions. Recall every wandering 
thought, fix every wavering desire, shed 
Thy purest light within us, caressing us 
with Thy sweetness, delighting us with 
Thy Love. O Blessed Sprert, entrance 
us with the deepening consciousness of 
perpetual communion with Thee, that 
living only under Thy guidance, we may 
be drawn more and more closely into the 
peace and joy of an undisturbed contem- 
plation of Gop. Amen. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 37 


M4* Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
- with His grace, and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His love. Amen. 


Compline. 


IX the Name of the Farner, and of the 
Son, and of the Hoty Guosr. Amen. 


Our FatHER. 


¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 


¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
Ry. As it was in the beginning, kc. 


ALLELUIA. 


Che Humn. 


May the Holy ParacLEeTE 
All our armour brighten, 

Guide our footsteps evermore, 
And our paths enlighten : 

That the Day of Doom may bring 
Nought that need appal us, 

But the Judge to His Right Hand 
Lovingly may call us. Amen. 


Antiphon. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart 
of man the things which Gop hath prepared 
for them that love Him. 


38 SHORT OFFICE 


PSALM CXLV. LEzaltabo Te, Deus. 


I WILL magnify Thee, O Gop, my King: 
and I will praise Thy Name for ever 
and ever. 

Every day will I give thanks unto Thee : 
and praise Thy Name for ever and ever. 

Great is the Lorp, and marvellous, wor- 
thy to be praised : there is no end of His 
greatness. 

One generation shall praise Thy works 
unto another : and declare Thy power. 

As for me, I will be talking of Thy wor- 
ship : Thy glory, Thy praise, and wondrous 
works. , 

So that men shall speak of the might of 
Thy marvellous acts : and I will also tell 
of Thy greatness. 

The memorial of Thine abundant kind- 
ness shall be showed : and men shall sing 
of Thy righteousness. 

The Lorp is gracious and merciful : long- 
suffering, and of great goodness. 

The Lorp is loving unto every man : and 
His mercy is over all His works. 

All Thy works praise Thee, O Lorp: 
and Thy saints give thanks unto Thee. 

They show the glory of Thy kingdom ; 
and talk of Thy power ; 

That Thy power, Thy glory, and mighti- 
ness of Thy kingdom: might be known 
unto men, 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 39 


Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : 
and Thy dominion endureth throughout all 
ages. 

The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and 
lifteth up all those that are down. 

The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lorn : 
and Thou givest them their meat in due 
season. 

Thou openest Thine hand : and fillest all 
things living with plenteousness. 

The Lorp is righteous in all His ways : 
and holy in all His works. 

The Lorp is nigh unto all them that call 
upon Him : yea, all such as call upon Him 
faithfully. 

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear 
Him : He also will hear their cry, and will 
help them. 

The Lorp preserveth all them that love 
Him : but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 

My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
Lorp : and let all flesh give thanks unto 
His holy Name for ever and ever. 

Glory be to the Farurr, &c. 


Antiphon. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
heard, neither have entered into the heart 
of man the things which Gop hath prepared 
for them that love Him. But Gop hath 
revealed them unto us by His Spirit. 


¥. The Sprrrr searcheth all things, 
RY. Yea, the deep things of Gon. 
D 


40 SHORT OFFICE 


The Chapter. 
8. John xvi. 8—14. 


WHEN the Comforter is come, He will 
reprove the world of sin, and of righ- 
teousness, and of judgment : of sin, because 
they believe not on Me; of righteousness, 
because I go to My Farner, and ye see 
Me no more; of judgment, because the 
Prince of this world is judged. I have 
yet many things to say unto you, but ye 
cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when 
He the Sprrir of Truth is come, He will 
guide you into all truth, for He shall not 
speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall 
hear, that shall He speak, and He will show 
you things to come. He shall glorify Me, 
for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show 
it unto you. 
RZ. Thanks be to Gop. 


The Collect, 
O MOST Holy Trurxrry, (as at Matins.) 


Act of Avoration, 


O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 

adore Thee preparing and strengthen- 
ing us for the awful Judgment of the Last 
Day; ever working within our hearts to 
reprove, to rebuke, to convince us, even 
though we still grieve and resist Thee; 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 41 


ever cleansing, and renewing our failing 
lives. Stir ever more within us, we be- 
seech Thee, revealing to us all the Right- 
eousness of Gop, the nearness of Death, 
the awfulness of the Eternal Judgment. 

Reveal to us the full sight of our sinful- 
ness, every fault that yet remains, all that 
still displeases Thee, that by Thy Grace 
our souls may be perfected, the desires of 
Thy predestinating Love fulfilled, and Thy 
Holy Name glorified in us. Amen. 


Fx the Spirit of Bolv Fear. 


BLESSED Spirit, remove from us all 

pride and self-confidence, and increase 
in us the Spirit of Holy Fear. Penetrate 
our hearts with filial awe and reverence, 
and guard our thoughts, words, and actions, 
with the ceaseless consciousness of Thy 
Presence, and the salutary dread of Thy 
displeasure. Keep us, O Gop, in true 
humility, submission, and watchfulness, that 
ever seeking to please Thee, ever fearing 
to offend Thee, we may be hidden with 
Curist in Gop, finding in His Heart our 
sweetest rest. 

Grant that nothing may ever separate us 
from Thee, that in the Day of our account, 
mercy may triumph over Judgment, and 
we may stand in our lot in the Joy of our 
Lorp, blessed for evermore. Amen. 


42 LITANY 


MAY Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
with His Grace and kindle in us the 
undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 


Litany of the Holy Ghost. 


LORD, have mercy upon us. 
Curist, have mercy upon us. 
Lorp, have mercy upon us. 


¥Y. O Curis, hear us. 
Ry. O Curist, graciously hear us. 


(GOD the Farner, of Heaven, 
Gop the Son, Redeemer of the world, 

Gop the Hoty Gnosz, 

Hoty Triniry, One Gon, 

Hoty Guost, proceeding from the 
FATHER and the Son, 

Hoty Guost, Co-equal with the 
FATHER and the Son, 

Promise of the Faraer, most loving 
and most bounteous, 

Gift of the Most High Gon, 

Ray of Heavenly Licht, 

Author of all good, 

Source of Living Water, 

Ever-Burning Love, 

Spirit of Truth and Power, 

Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, 

Spirit of Counsel and Might, 


Ry. Have mercy upon us. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 43 


Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, 

Spirit of the Fear of the Lorn, 

Spirit of Compunction and Repentance, 
Spirit of Grace and Prayer, 

Spirit of Charity, Peace, and Joy, 

Spirit of Patience, Long-Suffering, and 
Goodness, 

Spirit of Mildness, Gentleness, and 


Faith, 


Spirit of Modesty, Purity, and Chas- 


tity, 

Spin of Adoption of the Sons of Gop, 
Hoty Guost, the Comforter, 
Hoty Guost, the Sanctifier, 
Who in the Beginning didst move 
upon the waters, 
By Whose Inspiration spake the holy 
men of old, 
Who didst overshadow the Blessed Ss 
Virgin, i 
Who didst wonderfully co-operate in & 
the miraculous Conception of the Son 
of Gop, 
Who didst descend upon Him at His 
Baptism, 
Who, on the Day of Pentecost, didst 
come upon the Apostles in the likeness 
of fiery tongues, 
By Whom we also are born again, 
Who dwellest in us, 
Who governest the Church, 
Who fillest the whole world, 


ve mercy Upon Us. 


44 LITANY 


OLY Guost, we beseech Thee to 
hear us, : 

That Thou wouldest renew the face 
of the earth, 

That Thou wouldest shed abroad Thy 
Light in our hearts, 

That Thou wouldest inflame our 
hearts with the Fire of Thy Love, 

That Thou wouldest open to us the 
Treasures of Thy Grace, 

That Thou wouldest teach us to seek 
Thy Gifts according to Thy Will, 

That Thou wouldest enlighten us with 
Thy Heavenly Inspirations, 

That Thou wouldest ever unite us to 
Thyself by Thy powerful attraction, 

That Thou wouldest grant us the 
knowledge alone necessary, 

That Thou wouldest help us to love, 
and bear with each other, 

That Thou wouldest lead us in the 
way of Thy Commandments, 

That Thou wouldest make us obedient 
to Thy Inspirations, 

That Thou wouldest teach us to pray, 
and Thyself pray within us, 

That Thou wouldest fill us with love 
and compassion towards our brethren, 

That Thou wouldest inspire us with a 
horror of all evil, 

That Thou wouldest direct us in the 
practice of all good, 


RY. We beseech Thee to hear us, Good orp. 


i 
Or 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 


That Thou wouldest give us the 
grace of all virtues, 

That Thou wouldest cause us to 
persevere in righteousness, 

That Thou wouldest be Thyself our 
Everlasting Reward, 


Thee, kc. 


Ry. We beseech 


y. Lams of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world ; 
Ry. Pour out Thy Hory Sprit upon us. 


¥. Lame of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world ; 

Ry. Send down Thy Houy Srreit upon 
US. 


¥. Lamp of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world; 
Ry. Grant to us Thy Hoy Srreqt. 


Y. Curisz, hear us. 
Ry. Curist, graciously hear us. 


y. Create in us a clean heart, O Gon. 
Ry. And renew a right spirit within us. 


Let us pray. 


GRANT, O Merciful Faruer, that Thy 
Divine Sririr may enlighten, inflame, 
and cleanse our hearts, that penetrating 
our souls with His Heavenly Grace, He 
may make us fruitful in all good works, 
through Jesus Curist our Lorp. Amen. 


46 LITANY 


The Blessing. 


AY Thy Blessing rest upon us, and Thy 
gracious Presence evermore abide with 
us. Amen. 


Litany of the Holy Ghost. 
(Intended for the use of the Clergy.) 


LORD, have mercy upon us. 
Curist, have mercy upon us. 
Lorp, have mercy upon us. 


O GOD the Fatuer, of Heaven, 
RY. Have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 


O Gop the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 


O Gop the Hoty Guoszt, proceeding from 
the FaTHer and the Son, 
Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
simmers. 


O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Triiry, 
Three Persons and One Gon, 
Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
sinners. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 47 


HOLY Guosr, Who at the beginning 
didst move upon the face of the 
waters, and make them fruitful, 

Hoty Guost, by Whose Power the 
Lorp Jesus was conceived of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, His Mother, 

Hoty Guost, by Whose Inspiration } 
the Prophets and holy men of old spake § 
as they were moved, S 

Hoty Guosr, Who on the Day of § 
Pentecost didst descend upon the Church s 
to guide her into all truth, and to abide |. 
in her for ever, fa 

Hoty Guost, Who dividest unto every 
man severally as Thou wilt, 


Us. 


upon 


PROM all sin, 
From presumption or despair, 
From impenitence and obduracy, a 
From envy, hatred, and malice, and = 
. aS 
all uncharitableness, S 


> 
From all impurity, whether of mind -S 
or body, and from all that has ever de-'S 
filed Thy Temple in our souls, a) 
From the spirit of thoughtlessness and © 
levity, i 
From the spirit of covetousness ands 
self-seeking, o 
From the lust of honour and the pride , . 
of life, 
From deafness to Thy calls and 
warnings, 


48 LITANY 


From neglect of Thy Graces and’$ § 
inspirations, oe 
From that sin against Thee, which . 2 
has no forgiveness, BS 
Y Thy Eternal Procession from the 
FaTuer and the Son, oa 
By Thy glorious work in the miracle 5 
of His Conception, S$ 


By Thy descent at His Baptism, and‘ 
on the day of Pentecost, 

By Thy merciful renewal of our souls 
in Holy Baptism, 

By the Truth which Thou hast already Be 
taught us, oe 

By Thy help in past dangers and& 
temptations, : 

By Thy Gift of the means of Grace, a 
and of the hope of Glory, 


N our dealings with souls, 
In success and in failure, 
In the hour of death and in the Day 
of Judgment, 


WE sinners do beseech Thee to hear 
us; 

That it may please Thee to guide 
the Holy Church Universal into all 
truth, and to fill it with Thy Love; 

That we may be careful to keep”. 
the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of & 
peace; 


Ry. Good 
Lorn, dc. 


We beseech 


Thee, &c. 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 49 


That as we live in the Spirit we may 
also walk in the Spirit; 

That we may renounce the world, the 
flesh, and the devil; 

That we may mortify the deeds of the 
body ; 
That we may grow in grace, and in the | 
knowledge of our Lorp and Saviour fe 
Jesus CHRIST; < 

That we may, in all our thoughts, — 
words, and works, be more conformed to $ 
the Life and Passion of the Lorp Jesus; 

That, despising all lower motives, we ¢ 
may aim in all things at Gop’s greater 


gl 


S 
SI 
Se) 
= 


hat we may be filled with Thy seven- $ 
fold Gifts, the Spirit of Wisdom ands 
Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel, 
and Ghostly Strength, the Spirit of 
Knowledze and true Godliness, and the 5. 
Spirit of Thy most holy Fear ; 

That we may ever be enabled to show 
forth Thy Light in the world, and be 
holy examples to the flock of Crist; 

That in our ministry we may not care 
to please nor fear to displease any, but 
Him, Who has called us to His service; 


50 LITANY - ; 


That we may be ever mindful el 
that awful account, which for ourselves 2s 
and others we must one day give ats ~ 
the Judgment-seat of Curist; is 

That we may have grace to perse- 


vere unto the end; > 


O LAMB of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world ; 
Ry. Pour out upon us Thy Hoty 
Sprit. 
O Lams of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world; 
Ry. Send forth upon us the promised 
Spirit of the FatHER. ‘ 
O Lamp of Gop, That takest away the 
sins of the world ; 
R. Grant to us the perfect Spirit of 
peace. 
O CHRIST, hear us. 
O Curist, graciously hear us. 
LOB: have mercy upon us. 
Curist, have mercy upon us. 
Lorp, have mercy upon us. 
Ovr Faruer, &e. 


The Collect. 
Gov. Who didst teach the hearts of Thy 
faithful people, by the sending to them 
the light of Thy Hoty Spimrr; Grant us 
by the same Spmrr to have a right jude- 
ment in all things, and evermore to rejoice 


OF THE HOLY GHOST. 51 


in His holy Comfort, through the merits 
of Curist Jesus our Saviour, Who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee in the Unity of the 
same Spirit, One Gop, world without end. 
Amen. 

y. Bless we the Lorn. 

Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 


The Blessing. 
MAY the Blessing of Gop Almighty, the 


Fatuer, Son, and Hoty Guost, be 
with us now and for evermore. Amen. 


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